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A small clause inside OpenAI’s contract with Microsoft, once considered a distant hypothetical, has now become a flashpoint in one of the biggest partnerships in tech. The clause states that if OpenAI’s board ever declares it has developed artificial general intelligence (AGI), it would limit Microsoft’s contracted access to... Read more

Join the event trusted by enterprise leaders for nearly two decades. VB Transform brings together the people building real enterprise AI strategy. Learn more San Francisco-based CTGT, a startup focused on making AI more trustworthy through feature-level model customization, won the Best Presentation Style award at VB Transform 2025 in... Read more

Earth gets pelted by meteors all the time, but only a few showers are large enough to warrant names. Bootids is one such meteor shower, and it generally occurs in June every year as the Earth moves through the tail of the 7P/Pons-Winnecke comet. For 2025, the best night to catch... Read more

The REI Fourth of July sale is a great time to get a deal on hiking, camping, and backpacking essentials. This year, there are also great competing July Fourth sale deals from Backcountry and Public Lands. We test camping and hiking gear all year round here at WIRED, and... Read more

Join the event trusted by enterprise leaders for nearly two decades. VB Transform brings together the people building real enterprise AI strategy. Learn more This article is part of VentureBeat’s special issue, “The Real Cost of AI: Performance, Efficiency and ROI at Scale.” Read more from this special issue. Three years after... Read more

In a scramble to sidestep penalties that could soar into the billions, and with Brussels regulators watching closely, Apple has agreed to let Europeans download iPhone apps from outside its own App Store. With just hours left before an EU compliance deadline, the company said residents of the 27-nation... Read more

Join the event trusted by enterprise leaders for nearly two decades. VB Transform brings together the people building real enterprise AI strategy. Learn more Companies are rushing AI agents into production — and many of them will fail. But the reason has nothing to do with their AI models. On... Read more

If you have a particular AI tool that you tend to try first when you have an artificial intelligence task on deck, you’re not alone. According to a new survey, 91% of people who use AI have a favorite tool they try first, whether it’s ChatGPT, Gemini, Alex or... Read more

A congressional aide familiar with the situation told WIRED that Blanche, Perkins, Nieves had not shown up for work “because they don’t have jobs to show up to.” The aide continued: “As we’ve always maintained, the President has no authority to appoint them. Robert Newlen has always been the... Read more